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as·sem·blage

[uh-sem-blij; for 3, 4 also Fr. a-sahn-blazh] Pronunciation Key

–noun

1.	a group of persons or things gathered or collected; an assembly; collection; aggregate.

2.	the act of assembling; state of being assembled.

Fine Arts.

a.	a sculptural technique of organizing or composing into a unified whole a group of unrelated and often fragmentary or discarded objects.

b.	a work of art produced by this technique. Compare collage, found object, ready-made (def. 4).

4.	Archaeology. the aggregate of artifacts and other remains found on a site, considered as material evidence in support of a theory concerning the culture or cultures inhabiting it.

[Origin: 1695–1705; < F; see assemble, -age

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as·sem·blage (ə-sěm'blĭj) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. The act of assembling.
2. The state of being assembled.
A collection of people or things; a gathering.
A collection of items from a single datable component of an archaeological site.
A fitting together of parts, as those in a machine.
A sculptural composition consisting of an arrangement of miscellaneous objects or found materials.

as·sem'blag·ist n.

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assemblage
noun
1.	a group of persons together in one place [syn: gathering]
2.	a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose [syn: hookup]
3.	the social act of assembling; "they demanded the right of assembly" [syn: assembly] [ant: disassembly]
4.	several things grouped together or considered as a whole [syn: collection]

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assemblage (ə-sěm'blĭj) Pronunciation Key

A collection of artifacts from a single datable component of an archaeological site. Depending on the site and culture, an assemblage may be associated with a single limited activity, as with stone tools found at a butchering site, or may reflect a broad range of cultural life, as with artifacts found in a communal living site.

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Assemblage

As*sem"blage\, n. [Cf. F. assemblage. See Assemble.]

1. The act of assembling, or the state of being assembled; association.

In sweet assemblage every blooming grace. --Fenton.

2. A collection of individuals, or of individuals, or of particular things; as, a political assemblage; an assemblage of ideas.

Syn: Company; group; collection; concourse; gathering; meeting; convention.

Usage: Assemblage, Assembly. An assembly consists only of persons; an assemblage may be composed of things as well as persons, as, an assemblage of incoherent objects. Nor is every assemblage of persons an assembly; since the latter term denotes a body who have met, and are acting, in concert for some common end, such as to hear, to deliberate, to unite in music, dancing, etc. An assemblage of skaters on a lake, or of horse jockeys at a race course, is not an assembly, but might be turned into one by collecting into a body with a view to discuss and decide as to some object of common interest.

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